Women's Ice Hockey Takes On No. 8 Harvard And Dartmouth This Weekend

Nov 12, 2009

Hit
the RoadThe Quinnipiac University women's ice hockey team will hit
the road this weekend to take on Harvard and Dartmouth in continued
ECAC Hockey action. The Bobcats will make their first stop in
Cambridge, Mass. on Friday to take on the eighth-ranked Crimson at
7 p.m., and then travel to Hanover, N.H. on Saturday to face off
against the Big Green at 4 p.m. In its last outing, Quinnipiac
defeated Yale, 2-1, on Nov. 7.

Scouting the CrimsonThe eighth-ranked Harvard currently posts a 2-2-0 record
overall and in ECAC action, most recently defeating St. Lawrence,
3-0, on Nov. 7. The Crimson are collectively led by junior forward
Katharine Chute, and freshman forward Kaitlin Spurling as each
player has tallied one goal and three assists this season. Senior
goaltender Christina Kessler has started all four games between the
pipes for Harvard, posting a .924 save percentage and a 1.77
goals-against average.

Scouting the Big GreenDartmouth holds a 1-2-1 overall and conference record on
the year, most recently falling to No. 2- ranked Clarkson, 3-1, on
Nov. 7. Junior forward Amanda Trunzo and senior forward Sarah
Parsons lead the team with five points each. Trunzo has scored four
goals and added one assist, while Parsons has recorded one goal and
four assists this season. Senior goaltender Mariel Lacina has
played four games this season, posting a .900 save percentage and a
2.59 goals-against average.

Taking ThreeThe Bobcats collected three points in ECAC Hockey action
last weekend at Brown and Yale. Quinnipiac recorded a scoreless tie
against the Bears on Nov. 6, and picked up a 2-1 win against the
Bulldogs on Nov. 7. The Bobcats post a 3-0-1 record in the
conference, and have earned seven points to tie in third place with
Princeton.

Eleven-SevenNov. 7 has proven to be a lucky day for sophomore Kate
Wheeler (Oakville, Ontario). Last season, the forward set her
career-high in goals and points as she tallied a goal and an assist
for two points against Colgate. This year, Wheeler recorded her
career-high in assists and matched her career-high in points as she
dished out two assists against Yale. Wheeler ranks second on the
team in points with five.

Net ProfitRookie goaltender Victoria Vigilanti (Woodbridge, Ontario)
played all 125 minutes in net for the Bobcats in the weekend at
Brown and Yale. Against the Bears, the freshman set her season-high
in saves when she turned aside all 34 shots in 65 minutes played.
Her previous record was set at the University of New Hampshire on
Oct. 4. In the game against Yale on Nov. 7, Vigilanti recorded 23
saves, including ten stops in the third period to hold off the
Bulldogs for the 2-1 win. Vigilanti currently leads the conference
in save percentage (.949), and ranks second in goals-against
average (1.29).

Bump in the RoadThe scoreless tie against Brown on Nov. 6 didn't knock
junior Kelley Davies (Chesapeake, Va.) off her game one bit. In the
tie, the forward snapped her four-game point streak that started on
Oct. 23, but she regained momentum the following day at Yale as she
assisted on what would be the game-winning goal by Bethany
Dymarczyk (Hamden, Conn.) in the Bobcats 2-1 victory. Davies ties
to rank second on the team in points with five.

Help from the Blue LineIn her sophomore season, Dymarczyk has become a fixture in
the Bobcats' offensive efforts. The defender scored her third goal
of the year in the 2-1 win against Yale on Nov. 7. Positioned at
the center of the blue line, Dymarczyk received a pass from Davies
and fired a shot that ricocheted into the right corner of net to
give the Bobcats a 2-0 advantage. Dymarczyk also has recorded two
assists on the year, tying to rank second on the team in points
with five.

First ActSenior Janine Duffy (Toronto, Ontario) scored her third
goal of the season on Nov. 7, on a pass from fellow senior and line
mate, Kallie Flor (Farmington, Minn.). The pair streaked up the ice
in a 2-on-1 attack on the Bulldogs' goaltender. Flor came up the
right side with the puck and dished to Duffy at the left just
outside the crease where Duffy lifted the puck into the upper right
corner for the goal. Duffy ties to rank second on the team in
points with five, while Flor ties to rank third with three
points.